The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-11

father speak Of Dan Bantam's eating CO
pacitT; bot she had never be lrd q half Of
the truth. h flashed the veal. and then
went a. the beef; and BY the time he had
done all that was left Of either was bone
--bOuei
'sSooz'ni Hev' ye got a leetls bit o
pudd'n, or any thing o. that kind, ehi'
She told him they had no pudding; bat
they had plenty Of pies-minoe, apple"
%, Ge-whittakeri Mince pie Tor the
wOridi ITEMS umi Let's hev one -
AID she brought him q whole minca
pie, together with a generous slice Of
cheese.
He west az Il with = relish. actually
smacxing bis lipsi And the pie disap-
peared And that was not the end.
.sCoEni Didu't 1 hear ye say eaasarf
pier'
Eyes, sir.n
wal rayther guess as haow't tn top
on on one o. them ere erittursr'
She brought n, and he was devouring
the last morsel OF 10 when the landIOrd
came in We learned sfterward that he
had been detained out Of doors BY q man
who had been "a king Of trading horses,
but IL had come % nothing. So DO came
IN feeling sore. He thought be had lost
good trade through the disposition OF the
horseman 70 erong and defraud him
Stephen LOTUS was an old landlord.
he car led 10 his mind The situation as he
had left u three quarters Of an hour be-
fore; and now he took in the existing
situation 90 q glance. h saw the sksle-
tons on tue side boards beef bone, and
q section q the boues Of a veal loin; he
saw the empty bresd-plate; the empty
10 IL 81.
dparted he had looked hrst In detail.
he now gave one general survey Of the
Geld, and made two efforts before be suc
eeeded 10 speaking.
"susanl where-whsrs is that meatT'
'It's eat all up, sir"
HWho eat iti'
he did, sir-Mr Bantam"
sand q mince plea whole onef''
ayes, sir"
''And a whole eustard pier
'.Yes sir"
By this time Dan had drunk the last Of
the coffee, and was on his feet LOTUS
turned upon him, almost white He shook
ike huge islly bag from hsad to foot
well, gud-I1unds, slrl But-Aats you
se'sa the whole Of iri-you-au alouei'
''Sartin, / hsv. Al could eat more 4
lad il amt ies' 'Kactiy full yit But,
swan. them ere pes was good Iwon't
complain. guess VEN call II q dinner,
and thirty-hve cents IS your price for .
dinner, take H. Square"
Thirty-hvs-AzK1Tsi Let ne tell you,
Mr.. Bantam, you'u pay me Just two dol
lars for that diuuer; and IN = won't make
make ne whoie-Bot By long shot"
"shoi Fsou doa't say sol"
But I do sag sol And pll tell you one
thing n lre-if you don't pay u IN put an
attachment Ga your oxia You won't
take EN- out Of M yard till the bill "a
paid Do you mind thati"
"Frieud LlftUs," said the oil deacon. 81
this point 'you now have al opportunity
OF witnessing the truth q the old saying
that 1t makes all the difference ia the
world whose OK is Eored' You did not
hesitIts 70 charge me full dinner Dr. &C
for poor crust and q cup Of tea"
''0hol SOl-ToH have sent this msa
here to eat me out Of house and homeT@
snapped the host at the deacon
Nay, friend; did nothing Of the KIND
Yet have / enjoyed to see him eat Re-
member thy rule, Loftus-.hti1h or Hts--
mach o. hf u And ore other hing ycu
may remembsr: You assured ne that
for hve-and-thirty cents : man at
your table might eat a whole
OK, If be could So, ny dear SIR, should
YOU thinE Il well 10 attempt any force at
Jaw 10 this case. you wall have ne TO deal
with shah east nv crust with Friend
Bantam's repask and share with Inn The
chances Of a suit"
LOTUS saw that he was wOrsted; and
he prob ably believed that either Abner
or Lone or both-hsd done this thing;
but he did not venture 10 say 80. be DID
lot think he could ford 70 clock horns"
with Us. Il was impossible for him TO
retire gracefully. BE swore several sd
ditional OathB-sWearing that he would |
he even with EN- yet Whom be meant |
By ''em," he did not say
That was years ago; and Lotus lived |
to keep his inn a go0dly number Of them;
and n the very last guest would coca
slOua y fret him by asking II be still ad- |
hered 70 his old rule OF, "A diapsr'i q dia- |
'ssr. atseh Or 'inisf''-Sy'VIHss COBB yr., il
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